[Rhodes22-list] Politics - The draft.

[Grayson/Ena Lynn]

And remember they are all "deferments"... they don't get you out of the draft, just put it off until somebody changes the rules.  Conshies are a horse of a different flavor, in that they actually do get drafted:

... conscientious objectors are eligible men who are opposed to serving in a war because it is against their deeply held moral or religious beliefs. The government has two main classifications for conscientious objectors: 

Classification 1-A-O - Men who are morally opposed to serving in combat 
Classification 1-O - Men who are morally opposed to serving the military in any capacity 

In a draft, men classified as 1-A-O would be assigned to military service not involving combat or weaponry. Men classified as 1-O would be assigned to the alternative service program run by the SSS. This program assigns conscientious objectors to work with local employers in fields that would contribute to the nation's well-being. 

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> Let's not forget the dread "conscientious objector".
> 
> Mark 
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> There were also "critical skills" deferments for those with special
> abilities working in environments of national interest, and of course 4-F
> deferments for the physically unfit.
> 
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> 
> > If the draft were reinstated, it would start with men and women age 18,
> who
> > had graduated from or finished with high school. At least it worked that
> way
> > for Vietnam, minus the women part. Deferments were given for men that were
> > accepted to and stayed in College or were married and had children. In
> other cases
> > the sole surviving son was also deferred in order to keep the family
> lineage
> > going.
> >
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